Anthony Foxx

With the election of Donald Trump as president, we're probably about to hear a lot more complaining about the evils of government regulation, perhaps as Ronald Reagan famously did when he said, "The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help."

But like most matters involving the intertwining of government and the private sector, the reality of federal regulations is more complicated than most politicians like to admit. And there's no better example to make that point than how Washington deals with the airline industry, as evidenced by the new regulations unveiled last month by U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx...

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